documents the military service of women from Newcastle and the Hunter region of NSW, 1914-1919

Sister Amy Sarah CANN, 1882-1944

Detail of Paterson Citizens’ Memorial. Photo Christine Bramble 2012

Connection with the Hunter Valley – Sister Amy Sarah Cann was born in Vacy and trained at Maitland Hospital. Amy remained friends with her fellow trainee from Maitland Hospital, Sister Ethel Janet Lackey, throughout her life – perhaps because of the bond created by their shared experiences as war nurses. They enlisted on the same day in 1915 and embarked for Egypt together on the Orontes. Amy Cann died in Collaroy on 12 May 1944 and is buried in East Maitland General Cemetery.